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A9781138833524Hardback. New. Since 1974 when the current wave of democratisation began the movement towards democracy in Asia has remained limited. Many countries in Asia in fact are not making a decisive move towards democracy and find themselves struggling with the challenges of democratic consolidation and governance. Focusing on Indonesia Thailand and Korea this book analyses why democratisation is so difficult in Asia. The book investigates the dynamics by which citizens embrace democratic rule and reject authoritarianism and also compares these dynamics with those of consolidating democracies around the world. The book looks at the forces that affect the emergence and stability of democracy such as elite interactions economic development and popular attitudes as beliefs and perceptions about the legitimacy of political systems have long been recognised as some of the most critical influences on regime change. The book also discusses what it is about the nature of public opinion and the processes of day-to-day democratic participation that have made these countries vulnerable to repeated crises of legitimacy. Using Indonesia Korea and Thailand as case studies this book highlights the uniqueness of the Asia's path to democracy and shows both the challenges and opportunities in getting there. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Politics Comparative Politics and International Studies. hardcover
B9781137397492Hardback. New. This collection presents a varied picture of the state of democracy in Asia revealing unique findings from a project entitled the 'Asia Democracy Initiative' which explored the role of ordinary people in democratization through the rise of expressive social values in Indonesia South Korea the Philippines and Thailand. hardcover
2016AME_9781138833524CR Press 2016. 1ST. Hardcover. New/New. CR Press hardcover
2012026588Guggenheim Museum Publications New York 2012. Book. Fine Condition. Stiff Wrappers. 227 pages 150 color illustrations. Paperback edition. Preface by Richard Armstrong and Gary Tinterow. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York NY October 5 2012-January 23 2013 and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston TX February 20-May 28 2013. List of Works. Guggenheim Museum Publications, New York Paperback
2012BN70122Munich; London; New York NY : Delmonico Books Prestel 2012. 2012. Picasso black and white : on the occasion of the Exhibition Picasso Black and White Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York October 5 2012 - January 23 2013 ; The Museum of Fine Arts Houston February 20 - May 28 2013 / ed. by Carmen Giménez. Guggenheim Black and White <br/><br/> Munich; London; New York, NY : Delmonico Books, Prestel unknown
20121-3791352202Prestel Pub 2012. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 11.00x1.40x9.80 inches. Prestel Pub hardcover
2012D4D23030700890Prestel 2012-09-04. hardcover. Like New. 9x1x10. Brand New! Cover has minor shelf rubbings. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Prestel hardcover
185537916Paris: Librarie Novelle 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. An interesting account written in French by this lieutenant of the third regiment of Spahis a light French regiment of the army primarily recruited from Algeria. Bound in quarter red leather with gilt titling to spine and dark red and black paper covers. Soiled and rubbed. Text pages generally clean and bright with Doré's dramatic illustrationis of a hunt for a lion. Bookplate ofGaston Prinet. Very good condition. Measures 3.75 x 6.5 inches.254 pages plus list of illustrations. FRENCH/050825. Librarie Novelle hardcover
186279643Paris: Hetzel 1862. Fine. Hetzel Paris 1862 29.90 x 42.10 cm une feuille Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Georges Perrichon on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862. A faint marginal dampstain not affecting the design. These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique known as ""tinted wood."" He uses India ink or gouache previously diluted as required by the ""wash"" technique. For Perrault's tales the eleven best engravers of the time were called upon to engrave with burin the forty wooden plates: Pannemaker Pisan Pierdon Maurand Boetzel Brevière Hébert Deschamps Dumont Delduc and Fagnon. Gustave Doré's work in illustrating the Contes is paramount; he does not reduce engraving to its ornamental function but transforms it into a true narrative object. These illustrations are Doré's most famous works and immediately received enthusiastic criticism notably that of Sainte-Beuve in Les Nouveaux lundis December 23 1861: ""Un Perrault comme il n'y en eut jamais jusqu'ici et comme il ne s'en verra plus. . Je ne puis que dire que ces dessins me semblent fort beaux d'un tour riche et opulent qu'ils ont un caractère grandiose qui renouvelle l'aspect de ces humbles contes et leur rend de leur premier merveilleux antérieur à Perrault même."" ""A Perrault as there never was before and as there will never be again. . I can only say that these drawings seem very beautiful to me rich and opulent in character that they have a grandiose quality that renews the aspect of these humble tales and restores to them their original wonder that preceded Perrault himself."" Hetzel unknown
70-1403New York : Hirschl and Adler Galleries 1974. 4to. 20 pp. Very Good. Soft cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Staple binding. Some toning especially on wraps. Light shelf wear. Foxing on verso. B&W plates throughout.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz 1919-2019. New York : Hirschl and Adler Galleries, 1974. paperback
1880633134Henry Holt and Company 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy of this rare copy of the first American edition in original tan cloth stamped in black minor darkening and wear to cloth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Bookplate of the Newport Social Library. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
3-85158Milano Simonetti 1875 8vo legatura coeva mezza pelle con titoli e fregi dorati al dorso pp. 511 con 60 incisioni xilografiche di Gustavo Doré in tavole fuori testo. Versione di C. Pizzigoni. In buone condizioni. unknown
089013233X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1994DADAX0890132348Museum of New Mexico Press 1994-01-01. First Edition. paperback. New. 9.25x0.50x9.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Museum of New Mexico Press paperback
1018086544.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
B9781349484980Paperback / softback. New. This collection presents a varied picture of the state of democracy in Asia revealing unique findings from a project entitled the 'Asia Democracy Initiative' which explored the role of ordinary people in democratization through the rise of expressive social values in Indonesia South Korea the Philippines and Thailand. paperback
1954mon0001621080Sinai Publishing Tel Aviv 1954. Hardcover. Good. . Tanning to pages. Message to previous owner on front end papers. Sinai Publishing Tel Aviv hardcover
1953008456Tel Aviv Israel: Publishing Sinai 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 127pp 1953. Embossed brown cloth covers with a copper plate showing Moses holding tablets of the 10 Commandments set into front cover. Text in English and Hebrew. Gift inscription in Hebrew dated 8/vii/53 on the front free endpaper. Light wear to edges of covers. No marks or tears. Publishing Sinai Hardcover
1967422449Tokyo New York : Oxford University Press 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xiv 230 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; Translation of Nihon n son shakai ron. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Agriculture and the villages before World War II -- The present state of agriculture and the villages -- The structure of the rural family -- The Ie system and family life -- The D¿ zokudan and kinship relations -- The hamlet as an agricultural settlement -- The hamlet and social groups -- The structure and functioning of hamlet self-government -- The power structure of the hamlet -- The development of local government in the villages -- The authority structure of the villages -- National politics and the villages -- Village life and culture -- Changing and unchanging aspects of the farmer's mentality. Subjects; Villages Japan. Villages Japon. Rural conditions Japan. Peasants Japan. Japan Rural regions Social conditions. Tokyo, New York : Oxford University Press hardcover
1937149557Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film showing actors Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer at a street sign for Times Square. With manuscript annotations on the verso.<br /> <br /> A gang bombing is wrongly blamed on a taxi driver's pregnant wife leading New York city officials to threaten to deport her.<br /> <br /> Set and partially shot on location in New York.<br /> <br /> 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1873159315Paris: Garnier Frères 1873. First Edition. Folio. First Edition. A monumental two-volume collection of the works of François Rabelais illustrated with frontispiece portrait 60 plates and 658 in-text illustrations by Gustave Doré. Text and titles in French. <br /> <br /> Both volumes Very Good plus with light foxing on the endpapers and page edges. Garnier Frères unknown
185491123Paris: J. Bry aîné 1854. Fine. J. Bry aîné Paris 1854 19 x 28.5 cm relié First-issue illustrated edition featuring 15 full-page plates and 100 in-text figures by Gustave Doré. This edition is considerably rarer than the well-known later Doré edition published by Garnier in folio format in 1873; moreover the Garnier edition reused 98 illustrations from the Bry edition. Printed in two columns. Twentieth-century half morocco binding with corners in chocolate brown. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets. Brown calf title label. A good fresh copy with a few occasional scattered foxing. ""Cet ouvrage populaire est fort recherché aujourd'hui pour les puissantes compositions de Gustave Doré qui s'était fait la main pour son admirable illustration des Contes Drolatiques qui parut l'année suivante."" Carteret Le trésor du bibliophile romantique et moderne. J. Bry aîné unknown
1979324453Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Both volumes Very Good Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Foxing on top text block edges of both volumes.; Great Books of The Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1979mon0002898918The Franklin Library 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. . 2-volume set. Bound in full green leather with rasied bands and gilt decoration all edges gilt silk moire endpapers. Near fine set. The Franklin Library hardcover